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Hester E. de Melker is affiliated with the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and social sciences, with significant contributions in epidemiology, infectious diseases, and health. Additional subfields include modeling and simulation as well as clinical psychology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including vaccine coverage and hesitancy, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and influenza virus research. Other areas of study include cervical cancer and HPV research, COVID-19 clinical research, and bacterial infections and vaccines.

Recent publications illustrate the scope of their work:

  • Increase in invasive group A streptococcal (Streptococcus pyogenes) infections (iGAS) in young children in the Netherlands, 2022 (2023, Eurosurveillance)
  • Nationwide seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and identification of risk factors in the general population of the Netherlands during the first epidemic wave (2020, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health)
  • Impact of physical distancing measures against COVID-19 on contacts and mixing patterns: repeated cross-sectional surveys, the Netherlands, 2016-17, April 2020 and June 2020 (2021, Eurosurveillance)
  • Associations Between Measures of Social Distancing and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seropositivity: A Nationwide Population-based Study in the Netherlands (2021, Clinical Infectious Diseases)
  • Early COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness of XBB.1.5 vaccine against hospitalisation and admission to intensive care, the Netherlands, 9 October to 5 December 2023 (2024, Eurosurveillance)

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Mirjam J. Knol
  • Susan Hahné
  • Brechje de Gier
  • Gerco den Hartog
  • Susan van den Hof

Publication venues where Hester E. de Melker has contributed multiple papers include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Vaccine
  • Eurosurveillance
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • BMC Public Health

Best Publications

  • Reemergence of pertussis in the highly vaccinated population of the Netherlands: observations on surveillance data.

    H. E. de Melker;J. F. P. Schellekens;S. E. Neppelenbroek;F. R. Mooi

  • Specificity and Sensitivity of High Levels of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies against Pertussis Toxin in a Single Serum Sample for Diagnosis of Infection with Bordetella pertussis

    H. E. de Melker;F. G. A. Versteegh;M. A. E. Conyn-van Spaendonck;L. H. Elvers

  • Why parents refuse childhood vaccination: a qualitative study using online focus groups

    Irene A Harmsen;Liesbeth Mollema;Robert A C Ruiter;Theo G W Paulussen

  • The comparative sero-epidemiology of varicella zoster virus in 11 countries in the European region.

    A. Nardone;F. de Ory;M. Carton;D. Cohen

  • Waning of Maternal Antibodies Against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella in Communities With Contrasting Vaccination Coverage

    Sandra Waaijenborg;Susan J. M. Hahné;Liesbeth Mollema;Gaby P. Smits

  • Seroprevalence of pertussis in The Netherlands: evidence for increased circulation of Bordetella pertussis

    Sabine C. de Greeff;Hester E. de Melker;Pieter G. M. van Gageldonk;Joop F. P. Schellekens

  • The incidence of Bordetella pertussis infections estimated in the population from a combination of serological surveys.

    Hester E de Melker;Florens G A Versteegh;Joop F P Schellekens;Peter F M Teunis

  • Pertussis in The Netherlands: an outbreak despite high levels of immunization with whole-cell vaccine.

    de Melker He;Conyn-van Spaendonck Ma;Rümke Hc;van Wijngaarden Jk

  • Effects of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 2 years after its introduction, the Netherlands.

    Gerwin D. Rodenburg;Sabine C. de Greeff;Angelique G. C. S. Jansen;Hester E. de Melker

  • The seroepidemiology of Bordetella pertussis infection in Western Europe.

    R. G. Pebody;A. Giammanco;S. Baron

  • The sero-epidemiology of diphtheria in Western Europe

    W. J. Edmunds;R. G. Pebody;H. Aggerback;S. Baron

  • Disease detection or public opinion reflection? content analysis of tweets, other social media, and online newspapers during the measles outbreak in the Netherlands in 2013

    Liesbeth Mollema;Irene A Harmsen;Emma Broekhuizen;Rutger Clijnk

  • Protection from routine vaccination at the age of 14 months with meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine in the netherlands

    Sabine C. de Greeff;Hester E. de Melker;Lodewijk Spanjaard;Leo M. Schouls

  • The epidemiology of varicella and herpes zoster in The Netherlands: implications for varicella zoster virus vaccination.

    Hester E de Melker;Guy A M Berbers;Susan J M Hahné;Hans Rümke

  • Determinants for HPV vaccine uptake in the Netherlands: a multilevel study.

    Marc Rondy;Alies van Lier;Jan van de Kassteele;Laura Rust

  • Seroprevalence of trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus.

    Els van der Meijden;Siamaque Kazem;Manda M. Burgers;Rene Janssens

  • Increase in invasive group A streptococcal (Streptococcus pyogenes) infections (iGAS) in young children in the Netherlands, 2022

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  • Cytomegalovirus infection in the Netherlands: seroprevalence, risk factors, and implications.

    M.J. Korndewal;L. Mollema;I. Tcherniaeva;F. van der Klis

  • Cytomegalovirus persistence and T-cell immunosenescence in people aged fifty and older : A systematic review

    Marlies Weltevrede;Renske Eilers;Hester E. de Melker;Debbie van Baarle

  • Nationwide seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and identification of risk factors in the general population of the Netherlands during the first epidemic wave.

    Eric R A Vos;Gerco den Hartog;Rutger M Schepp;Patricia Kaaijk

  • Epidemic of Mumps among Vaccinated Persons, the Netherlands, 2009–2012

    Jussi Sane;Sigrid Gouma;Marion Koopmans;Hester de Melker

  • Rubella outbreak in the Netherlands, 2004-2005: high burden of congenital infection and spread to Canada.

    Susan Hahné;Jeannette Macey;Rob van Binnendijk;Robert Kohl

  • Long-term impairment attributable to congenital cytomegalovirus infection: a retrospective cohort study

    Marjolein J Korndewal;H M Anne Marie Oudesluys-Murphy;Aloys C M Kroes;Marianne A B van der Sande

  • Consistency between stated and revealed preferences: a discrete choice experiment and a behavioural experiment on vaccination behaviour compared

    Mattijs S. Lambooij;Irene A. Harmsen;Jorien Veldwijk;Hester de Melker

  • Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, the Netherlands

    Anna M. M. van Deursen;Suzan P. van Mens;Elisabeth A. M. Sanders;Bart J. M. Vlaminckx

  • Sero-epidemiology of measles antibodies in the Netherlands, a cross-sectional study in a national sample and in communities with low vaccine coverage

    Susan van den Hof;Guy A.M. Berbers;Hester E. de Melker;Marina A.E. Conyn-van Spaendonck

  • Temporal associations between national outbreaks of meningococcal serogroup W and C disease in the Netherlands and England: an observational cohort study

    Mirjam J Knol;Susan J M Hahné;Jay Lucidarme;Helen Campbell

  • Invasive Pneumococcal Disease 3 Years after Introduction of 10-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, the Netherlands.

    Mirjam J Knol;Gertjan H J Wagenvoort;Elisabeth A M Sanders;Karin Elberse

  • Immunity against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C in the Dutch population before and after introduction of the meningococcal c conjugate vaccine.

    Richarda M. de Voer;Richarda M. de Voer;Liesbeth Mollema;Rutger M. Schepp;Sabine C. de Greeff

  • Effect of vaccination programmes on mortality burden among children and young adults in the Netherlands during the 20th century: a historical analysis

    Maarten van Wijhe;Scott A McDonald;Hester E de Melker;Maarten J Postma;Maarten J Postma

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabeth A. M. Sanders
Elisabeth A. M. Sanders Utrecht University
Guy A. M. Berbers
Guy A. M. Berbers University of Minnesota
Arie van der Ende
Arie van der Ende University of Amsterdam
Chris J.L.M. Meijer
Chris J.L.M. Meijer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Robert A. C. Ruiter
Robert A. C. Ruiter Maastricht University
Frits R. Mooi
Frits R. Mooi National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Maarten J. Postma
Maarten J. Postma University of Groningen
Gerjo Kok
Gerjo Kok Maastricht University
Leo M. Schouls
Leo M. Schouls University of Minnesota
Marion Koopmans
Marion Koopmans Erasmus University Rotterdam

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